Have you previously wasted resources sending your staff to a country retreat – in the middle of nowhere – with the anticipation of ‘bonding’ your team? Did they engage in ‘ice-breaking’ pursuits, play games, throw balls in the air, and generally waste their and their company’s time – and money?

These ‘bonding exercises ’ may work for some people, but we believe that a more creative approach is much better for boosting morale and achieving positive team targets among employees.

At VPO our objective is to ensure that your investment has a double pay-back effect:

● Your employees strengthen their ability to work together, to build a creative team...

● And your company receives a marketing video – designed and delivered by your employees!

What we call a win-win opportunity.

We won't waste time throwing balls, playing games or organising time-wasting exercises.

How?Your staff will engage in a one or two day experience of making a company marketing film. They will form a cohesive and positive film-making team based on their particular talents.

VPO will assist your team at all stages as required and we can provide fully professional technical back-up. Or your own staff may wish to take the reins - and get involved in the camera work, sound, lighting, and even assist with direction.

Similarly, VPO can provide professional actors to help with the production of the film. Or, again, members of your team may wish to act in front of the camera. Or perhaps provide a ‘voiceover’ to the action on screen.

Background?VPO – videoproduktiononline – has been seriously engaged in film-making in both the US and the UK. We have successfully completed a wide range of features, dramas, comedies and documentaries. Awards have been won recently in New York and Los Angeles.

We have a strong pedigree in team building. Over the years, VPO has built a strong, reliable and extremely professional team of players – both behind and in front of the camera.What next?Your chosen employees will enjoy an amazing team-building and creative experience.

Your company will gain a special marketing video.

Your customers will engage with this ‘hands-on’ promotion .Contact us now to discuss the many ways forward. To bond your team. To build your future.

Team building skills are crucial in any organization where workers are required to offer input into the decision-making process. Effective leadership will help everyone in the team to understand the positive results of any accomplishments.

A very important element is to assemble basic and well-tested building blocks to create a cohesive and successful team –

● Teams in an organization will need a purpose. This might include a specific objective or goal to be achieved.

● There is a need to set meaningful roles for each member of the team. This will ensure that any assigned tasks will be understood.

● One of the crucial leadership roles required for successful team building will be to empower others to complete an assigned task.

Empowerment

One of the most important management skills for a leadership role is empowerment: when a manager can delegate certain tasks to team members. However, giving someone else a task to complete is only part of the process.

Empowerment when used within team building does not just mean being the person who is taking the lead for a specific task. Team members will need the freedom to make various decisions and choices that may turn out to be correct or incorrect. It is a learning process.

Goal-setting

Being an effective leader in an organization means setting basic goals. This is necessary when there is a need for teamwork within a company to meet these targets.

The ability to accomplish various goals can be achieved through a creative leadership style. An essential aspect of goal-setting is that they need to be measurable, specific and realistic. Or teamwork will suffer.

A script or screenplay is essential, of course. The basic requirements of the marketing video will be discussed and agreed with the company management prior to the team’s involvement. Once the essential marketing ingredients of the film are agreed VPO can provide a professional script writer. Alternatively, the team may be able to generate a powerful script themselves based on the based on the company’s requirements.

Pre-planning is essential – and is, arguably, the most important component of successful team-building. And, also, of making a successful marketing video.

VPO will ensure that a detailed programme is in place before the team-building experience begins.

Editing of the film will be carried out at the VPO studio on completion of the team-building event. Music will be added and company logos, etc. as required. The final package will be delivered as a file or a dvd or ready for the web.

There is no single package that fits all – and our initial communication will explore what is right for a rewarding team-building event with your company’s ethos very much in focus.

Who’s your next project manager?VPO can help you find the right person for this critical role. In our pre-planning meeting with the company’s management a short-list can be developed. During the initial stages of our team film-making exercise we can help in this decision by placing the ideal team member in the lead role.

Our mission is to create a strong and bonded team led by a capable and creative project manager. No failures allowed.

Contact Trevor Hughes at VPO now for more information: trevor@videoproduktiononline.se